MESA, ARIZ. — SimonCRE has completed the sale of Mesa Ranch Plaza, a shopping center in Mesa. Mesa Ranch 24 LP acquired the asset for $26 million. Located at 1008, 1036, 1060 and 1142 E. Southern Ave., Mesa Ranch Plaza totals 130,000 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent occupied. Alex Kozakov and Patrick Wade of CBRE’s South Bay Los Angeles office represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Michael Hackett of CBRE served as the local market expert for the deal.
SAN DIEGO — Hill Properties and Westport Capital Partners have completed the disposition of 8250-8260 Camino Santa Fe in San Diego to CSF LLC for $17.1 million, or $282 per square foot. Situated on 3.6 acres, the two-building property offers 60,866 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the asset was 96 percent occupied by eight tenants. The property, which was built in the late 1980s, recently underwent extensive capital improvements, including new exterior paint, suite and directional signage, monument signage, parking lot resurfacing and new landscaping. Matt Poucho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Matt Harris and Casey Sterk of CBRE’s Investment Properties represented the seller, while Chris Nelson of Matthews Real Estate and Brian Reyes of Tangram Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.6 million sale of a 15,120-square-foot retail building leased to Walgreens in the Long Island community of Amityville. The building was constructed on 2.6 acres in 2001, and Walgreens recently extended its lease through 2035. Derrick Dougherty and Nick Geaneotes of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties were locally based entities that requested anonymity. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Gateway Jax has received approval from the Jacksonville City Council for the development of Pearl Street District, a $2 billion mixed-use project set to span 25 blocks in downtown Jacksonville. Plans for the development include 1,000 residential units; more than 100,000 square feet of retail space; public gathering spaces, including parks surrounding the historic Porter House mansion; widened and shaded sidewalks; and a curbless “festival street” with outdoor dining. Gateway Jax bought the site last year. Anticipated tenants for the retail portion of the project include a full-service grocery store, high-end fitness club, restaurants and daily service providers, like salons and shops. Gateway Jax plans to break ground in October, pending receipt of city permits, and develop the project in phases over the next decade. The project is expected to create 2,700 permanent jobs and spur over $750 million in annual economic impact and full build-out, according to the developer. Partners include the Downtown Investment Authority and the City of Jacksonville. Gateway Jax is a Jacksonville-based commercial real estate development firm sponsored by JWB Real Estate Capital and DLP Capital. — Katie Sloan
For more than seven months in 2024, the commercial real estate investment market remained on a sluggish path. High interest rates continued to not only challenge many asset owners who needed refinancing, but also buyers and sellers looking to make deals. For instance, some $174.7 billion in property investment sales during the first half of the year was 7 percent below a year earlier, according to MSCI Real Assets. In such uncertain times, it’s not unusual for the commercial real estate market to experience bouts of bifurcation. Typically, those are marked by trends such as rising demand for higher quality offices during economic slumps when tenants can fetch discounted rents. Early in the recovery phase, it’s not unusual for investment to flow into tech-oriented metros at the expense of other cities. The Federal Reserve’s aggressive hike of the federal funds rate has created another category of bifurcation, especially as it relates to floating-rate bridge debt and how lenders are managing their loan portfolios. That is, the difference between the performance of assets depending on when owners financed the properties, says Jeff Salladin, a managing director with Dallas-based private debt fund Revere Capital. “It’s a question of vintage,” he explains. “Loans …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — DICK’s Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) will open an 800,000-square-foot distribution center in Fort Worth, a move that is expected to create about 300 new jobs within the local economy over the next 10 years. The facility will be situated on an 89.5-acre site within Risinger/35 Logistics Park, a development by Hillwood on the city’s south side, and will serve more than 100 stores across several states. Construction of the facility, which is expected to create more than 800 temporary jobs, is scheduled to begin this fall and to be complete in early 2026. Nationally, the Pittsburgh-based retailer operates five other distribution centers in Georgia, New York, Arizona, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and an affiliate of South Atlantic Services is underway on construction of Carpenters Logistics Center, a 752,134-square-foot industrial project located in the eastern Houston suburb of Channelview. The development team has tilted the walls on the cross-dock building and is targeting January 2025 for delivery. Building features of Carpenters Logistics Center include a cross-dock configuration, 40-foot clear heights, 330 trailer parking stalls and an ESFR sprinkler system. The site also features five acres of contiguous industrial outdoor storage space. Seeberger Architecture designed the project, and D.E. Harvey Builders is serving as the general contractor. CBRE is the leasing agent.
HOUSTON — Locally based investment firm Interra Capital Group has acquired the 600,000-square-foot historic Esperson complex in downtown Houston. Comprising two structures that are known as the Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings, the complex is home to a mix of commercial users. The buildings were originally constructed in 1927 and 1941 to pay homage to real estate and oil magnate Niels Esperson and reflect the importance of those industries in the growth of the local economy during that time. Cameron Management manages the property, which Interra acquired by foreclosure through a note purchased from MetLife Investment Management earlier this year. Details on Interra’s plan to revitalize the property were not disclosed.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm BH Properties has purchased a two-building, 203,499-square-foot industrial property located at 12100-12105 Esther Lama Drive in El Paso. The buildings are situated on a 17-acre site adjacent to I-10 on the city’s east side and were originally constructed in 1986 to house the manufacturing and storage operations of the Tony Lama boot company. Brett Preston and David Hingst of Cushman & Wakefield/PIRES International represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 9,291-square-foot retail strip center in Frisco. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to five tenants: Active Dental, Stonebrook Eyecare & Eyewear, ATI Physical Therapy, Momo’s Coffeehouse and Jamba Juice. William Kim of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, JT Arlington, in the transaction. Duke Dennis of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) arranged $2.8 million in acquisition financing through a local credit union for the deal. The nonrecourse, five-year loan carried a fixed interest rate of 7 percent.
